This Cigar’s a Good Smoke
Burn Baby Burn
By: J.M. Robert Henriquez - Oct 29, 2015
This Cigar’s a Good Smoke
Well done my Brother …
Chased after the Puro for years
Followed Herman Upmann footsteps
Back in the days
Looking for the perfect smoke
A pilgrimage to Vueltabajo
Pinar Del Rio
Wish I did
Cradle of the Habana leaf
The Puro
The forbidden smoke
Unhealthy & costly
Castro’s curse
Cuba vs. US
Misguided embargo
Obama’s reversal
Xango rejoices
The fiery red tip of a lit Puro
Floral smoke wafting
Whirled into volutes
A mild contemplative high may ensue
Or cancer of the mouth
Wash it with
Frapin Extra Grande Champagne Cognac
Not quite commie pinko stuff
Churchill did
Three hundred thousand times
In his lifetime
What a life
Rudyard Kipling
God rest his soul
Faced the betrothed’s tyranny
Her name was Maggie
“You must choose between me and your cigar.”
To which he quipped
With misogynistic abandon:
“A million surplus Maggies are willing to bear the yoke;
And a woman is only a woman, but a good Cigar is a Smoke.”
Now that’s blowing smoke
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